Samuel Pepys wrote to Isaac Newton: What is more likely, (a) At least one 6 in 6
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Samuel Pepys wrote to Isaac Newton: “What is more likely,
(a) At least one 6 in 6 rolls of one die.
(b) At least two 6’s in 12 rolls?” Compute the probabilities of these events.
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